More Seniors Are Being Mistreated As Our Population Ages - US Politics Today: A 2009 study conducted by the Institute for Justice, found that as many as 11 percent of the elderly living in community settings experienced some form of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse or neglect. The Government Accountability Office has noted weakness in the government oversight of nursing homes and enforcement of state and federal safeguards meant to protect residents from potentially abusive individuals. The most recent issue of the Public Policy & Aging Report, published by the National Academy on an Aging Society, similarly found that as many as one in ten seniors over the age of 60 is suffering from some kind of abuse or neglect.
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